Noelle Acheson explains how on-chain vaults, born in decentralized finance, could shape the centralized banking of tomorrow.
The bank is pitching digital identity products to businesses as a way to improve user experience and guard against fraud.
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Small businesses and consumers deserve the relief that legislation like the Credit Card Competition Act would bring from the fees that burden every card-based transaction. Banks can easily afford it.
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The card network said it saved would-be victims $350 million in the first year after it combined several crime-fighting units.
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Amid troubling news of tariffs and layoffs, dropping delinquencies offer a rare sign of consumer health.
Flagstar Bank raids Regions for its director of retail banking; prosecutors allege bank CEO got access to Trump in exchange for approving Paul Manafort mortgage; a potential turning point in fintech regulation; and more from this week's most-read stories.
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Senate Democrats want acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to explain why the agency is no longer policing student loan lenders and servicers.
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There's no reason that today's millennial-friendly microinvesting apps can't switch focus from spare change to real assets, industry executives warn.
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The technology platform powerhouse is betting on integration, but competitors eye disruption.
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria said he wants to work with the consumer bureau on an “exit strategy” for borrowers approaching the end of their forbearance periods.
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The Michigan lender agreed in 2012 to pay $133 million to resolve civil fraud charges tied to government-backed mortgages. But the deal with the Justice Department came with a catch that eventually allowed Flagstar to pay far less.
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Loan growth and wealth management revenue drove a 53% increase in the San Francisco bank's profit from a year earlier.
The digital bank announced upgrades to its online and mobile platforms that let users see financial information from multiple accounts on one dashboard.
The White House working group on digital assets said in a report that regulators should "promote transparency regarding the process for institutions to obtain bank charters or Reserve Bank master accounts."
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The bill, which would allow uninsured trust companies to issue stablecoins, represents a perilous departure from historically sound financial regulatory policies, and would open the door to potentially catastrophic market disruptions.
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Community Financial Development Institutions' mission-driven lending has traditionally been a small segment of the lending market. That's beginning to change, but plugging into secondary lending markets might not be the kind of change communities need.
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Part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mandate is to educate consumers by providing reliable information. With its credit card late fee "report" and the associated rulemaking, it has failed to live up to that responsibility.
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The U.K. payments processor announced its acquisition of an alternative merchant acquirer license from the state of Georgia as part of its U.S. expansion.
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The 6-2 vote represents a win for the megabank, which has been fighting a nationwide push to organize its workers. Some 28 branches have voted in favor of unionization, while three have rejected unionization.
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Despite attracting $2 billion in deposits, the cloud-native unit proved too expensive to maintain, prompting a strategic retreat by parent company SMBC.
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Analysts say credit card companies could face a major hit to earnings, while banks would also be under pressure.
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The American Bankers Association and other groups contend the president's plan to cap credit card interest rates at 10% would drive consumers toward less regulated, more costly alternatives.
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A report from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, released Thursday found that most sudden account closures were spurred by supervisory pressure rather than political or religious bias on the part of the banks, a finding that is at odds with the White House's framing of the issue.
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman outlined several priorities affecting community banks, including potential changes to asset thresholds for smaller institutions.
The U.K. bank has completed a payment using the stablecoin alternative; while Revolut is trying to acquire Turkish neobank FUBS. Plus: execs tied to the Wirecard scandal are on their way to prison and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
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